Rockets @ Spurs 2005 Mar 27 -- Game Blog

[boutons]

ESPN SportsTicker

NEW ORLEANS - The Houston Rockets' hopes for home-court advantage in the postseason may have been dealt a serious blow.

All-Star guard Tracy McGrady suffered a strained right hip in Houston's 81-68 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday and is listed as questionable for the Rockets' game at San Antonio on Sunday.

While playing defense, McGrady jumped and landed awkwardly with just 3:19 gone in the first quarter. He was helped off the floor by teammates and went for X-rays, which were negative.

"Obviously, it's a big blow to us," said Rockets guard David Wesley, who scored 15 points. "We need to pick up his scoring, pick up his shots and pick up his rebounds. Then it becomes about focus."

Despite the victory, the Rockets trail idle Dallas by 3 1/2 games for fourth place in the Western Conference standings. The top four teams earn home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

[Rummpd]

boo hoo - Spurs without Duncan, Houston without McGrady. Let the battle begin.

[boutons]

Brent's MPG is up to 20 now, and will probably see a lot more minutes today.

Jon's MPG is 23, but with Tracy out or limited, we should see them both on the court more at the same time.

Brent's cooler, he has more hair! :)

But Jon's obviously the "hotter", more demonstrative player.

[Slo spurs fan]

Jon was 0-6 last game!
Will he "explode" today?

[Jimcs50]

I wish TMac would play. The Rockets are 4-0 when Ryan Bowen starts. He is a great shooter on that team, and if SA does not pay attention to him or the relax w/o TMac in there, Ryan wil make them pay dearly.

I would rather have a weakened TMac any day.

[Manu20]

Hey Jim how many 3 pointers do you predict for Barry? I say he goes 4-5 Bank on it.

[ducks]

Rockets have lost 14 in a rowat sa since a 103-94 victory on April 20, 1997

[CHAMPS AGAIN]

Brent's MPG is up to 20 now, and will probably see a lot more minutes today.

Jon's MPG is 23, but with Tracy out or limited, we should see them both on the court at the same time.

Brent's cooler, he has more hair! :)

But Jon's obviously the "hotter", more demonstrative player.

When the SPURS are kicking some but today I bet that jon and sura will get T-UP sometime during the game they are a bunch of cry babies when they are losing.SPURS BY 20+

[SequSpur]

I am on my way to the game. I will deliver Rasho some balls. He can borrow mine for the game.

Sequ is a loser, loser??????

Uh... okay..... thanks for the monument.

Yardbird.

[1Parker1]

^^^LOL. Sequ, I don't know why people find you annoying. I think you're posts are entertaining!

I still don't see the Spurs winning against Houston. It'll be a tough game. We would need Manu, Tony, AND Barry to have good games and our big men to do some rebounding and defending on Yao.

[Gerryatrics]

Tmac jogged out with the rest of the team, he looked fine. They're saying he'll play. That doesn't bode well.

[Slo spurs fan]

WTF it looks like Sequ really brought balls for Rasho!!! :elephant

[themvp]

Rasho simply rules :fro

[JUUOT]

it might just be that 2 tiny pairs together make ONE

[boutons]

yyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww

and had we made those 4 layups!!

[Slo spurs fan]

JUUOT please call TP and wake him up! He missed 3 layups already. :depressed

[themvp]

Do not worry.

[polandprzem]

Marks stealing minutes from Nazr ?

[Manu20]

Spurs lead 39-36 at the half.
Parker needs to have a big 2nd half for the Spurs to be able to win.(0-5 from the field).

[Rummpd]

Javies cost Spurs at least 5 points. He is a terrible ref, him and Nies.

[ZStomp]

JUUOT please call TP and wake him up! He missed 3 layups already. :depressed


He's trying to hard for Eva Longoria who is in the house.....should have #$%^ before the game.


:lol

[exstatic]

Spurs are missing open shots. Houston is playing good D, but I'm not referring to contested shots. They are blowing open 15 footers. No one is attacking the rim except Manu.

[dn0]

popovich needs to tell parker a few things at the halftime..

[picnroll]

Time to put Parker's picture on a milk carton.

[exstatic]

Help me, Obi-Man Ginobili, you're our only hope.
http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/magazine/new/ginobili_game4.jpg

[polandprzem]

What with those shot clock violations?

Spurs loosing after 3
55-56

[exstatic]

Parker benched in favor of Wilks to start the 4th.

[TDfan2007]

Well this sucks. We can't get shit on Offense and McGrady is giving it to us up the ass. I thought he was injured, wtf??! This game shows how important a low post presense is. I hope Tim gets back soon, but now im reading rumors that he's out till next season. FUCK!

[TDfan2007]

Barryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[polandprzem]

We got a tie 60-60
TO Houston

[ducks]

- B. Barry makes a 24-foot three-pointer from the left wing. Assist: M. Ginobili

[TDfan2007]

Major props to Barry, he has really stepped up with the absense of Tim and it couldn't have come at a better time (what with the playoffs starting and all) :elephant :elephant :elephant

[TDfan2007]

Yao was ambushed. YAY MANU!!!!!!

[ducks]

game is exactly how I thought it would be close

[picnroll]

A Parker sighting!!!

[ducks]

T. Parker makes a 20-foot jumper from the right wing. Assist: B. Barry
about time tp has hit a shot in 4

[TDfan2007]

McGrady is picking us apart.

[TDfan2007]

Barryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slayermin]

Spurs 14-17 from the line.

[Gerryatrics]

Nice touchpass from Brent Barry to Parker, too bad he's only a spotup three-point shooter and can't do that a little more often though...

Brent Barry for threeeeeeeee!!!

Touches, give him more touches.

[ducks]

- B. Barry makes a 23-foot three-pointer from the right corner. Assist: M. Ginobili

[TDfan2007]

Manu is playing T-Mac a lot better than Bruce was.

[dn0]

manu is different , what a heart man.

[slayermin]

By the way, Manu is a thief.

[ducks]

Spurs 14-17 from the line.

duncan not palying :lol

[ZStomp]

Gino taking over!!

[Gerryatrics]

Team Wonderbread representin'... Fo' Shizzle!

[ZStomp]

duncan not palying :lol


Ducks made a funny??

[ducks]

M. Ginobili steals the ball from T. McGrady

[ducks]

5:56 HOU - Shooting foul on S. Padgett
5:56 SA - Layup by M. Ginobili

[ducks]

Spurs 14-17 from the line.
rasho has not went to the line
:lol

[picnroll]

Manu's the fucking man. His contract is a total steal for the Spurs.

[TDfan2007]

Bowen Makes both FT's :smokin

[TDfan2007]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!! BARRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant

[polandprzem]

barry on fire !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gerryatrics]

Brent Barry owns you bitches!!! Team Wonderbread in the house!

[polandprzem]

That's the Spurs

[slayermin]

Team Wonderbread in the house!

That is a cheezy nickname.

[ZStomp]

That's the Barry we wanted.....we've been waiting.

Come on Barry!

[TDfan2007]

This is the best that I've seen the Spurs w/out Tim, including last year!

[polandprzem]

Barry "The Aligator"
he just eating them alive

[Gerryatrics]

That is a cheezy nickname.

Yeah, yeah it is. :lol I got it from a pickup game, we were all white so we called ourselves Team Cracker, but then a black guy joined the team. We thought of sticking with Team Cracker as a joke but he refused to use the term cracker, so we changed our name to Team Wonderbread. :fro

[Hook Dem]

Okay Spurs doubters! Where are you now?

[slayermin]

Happy Easter.

Great team effort.

[TDfan2007]

:elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant

[themvp]

Yeeeeeeaaaahhh! :fro That`s the way we like it!

[exstatic]

Ginobili is a fucking stud. What more can you say? He fucking turned the screws in the 4th, and TMac and Houston melted.

Barry was sleepwalking until he got whacked by Mutombo. Maybe he needs a designated enrager each game. He was scorching the nets after that.

[boutons]

Absolutely Championship Basketball

[polandprzem]

36% from the field , and they still were able to win this. I'm ipressed

[boutons]

manu 18 pts, 5 stls, 4 ast, 8/9 FTs

[JUUOT]

^^this really show they wanted it more!!

[boutons]

Nothing today to diminsh JVG's respect for the Spurs

[polandprzem]

Ok. spurs won and now I can go to sleep.
seeya

[SLOVENIAN 8]

Spurs!!!! :elephant :elephant :smokin

Rockets sux!!

[Manu20]

How about Parker with 11 points 8 rebounds 6 assists. He also played great in the 4th quarter.
What can I say about Manu he was terrific today.

[cherylsteele]

I will give some props to Rasho as well this game....his line was so-so.....but he did play Yao pretty well.....he helped limit his touches.

T Park has said I am a Rasho hater....not true.....I just wish to see better/smarter play from our starting center.

Marks looked pretty good today as well.....he shot poorly but was active on the boards and such.

[JUUOT]

manu and tony steped up but sure we can give credit to rasho and barry for this one!
barry is been the offensive weapon the spurs recruited for the last three games
rasho was as usual great on defense on yao and helped launch the spurs with good offense.
this team is going to kick some ass in few weaks once healthy

[Slo spurs fan]

JUUOT did you call Tony? :spin

[Frenchise player]

I didn't understand why Pop put Wilks instead of Beno to start 4th quarter, was Beno stinking at that point?

Excellent game of Barry with 3 3 pointers in the money time. Manu led the team in the 4th as usual, and for once Tony showed more in the second half (5-8FG after the halftime).
Next game against Seattle will be very interesting.

[ALVAREZ6]

What a great 4th quarter.

The 2nd and 3rd quarters sucked ass...but we started good, ended great.

Go Spurs!

[Slo spurs fan]

Hey Alvarez...

[cherylsteele]

I didn't understand why Pop put Wilks instead of Beno to start 4th quarter, was Beno stinking at that point?

Excellent game of Barry with 3 3 pointers in the money time. Manu led the team in the 4th as usual, and for once Tony showed more in the second half (5-8FG after the halftime).
Next game against Seattle will be very interesting.

Beno was struggling with cover Sura it seems....he made a couple of poor decisions when the Rockets made their run.

I actually like TP's line...he had 6 assists and 8 rebounds along with a few buckets in the 4th.....I like it when he passes the ball and gets everyone else involved early....I feel it bodes well in crunch-time and gives confidence in teammates to take the open shot.

In the 2nd and 3rd quarters the Spurs got tentative....got it back it the 4th.

[1Parker1]

Favorite play of the game: Manu's left sided blind steal from Yao. Yao had no clue what the hell just happened.

[SequSpur]

Rasho gave me my balls back after the game and asked me if he could borrow them again.

We'll see.

[ALVAREZ6]

Hey Alvarez...
Yo

[nzkickass]

Wow - Marks 16 mins, Mohammed only 12.

Did Marks have a good game ? his stats were average, 4 rebs, 2 pts, 1 block.

[JUUOT]

"juuot di you call tony?"
would you believe me if I say yes! at least i did a little better. Hope he will completely stand up against seattle

[boutons]

Marks had a solid game, but he missed 4 open jumpers. Had he hit 2 of those, it would have been a wonderful contribution, esp since nobody else was in the 2nd and 3rd.

[E20]

Give it up for Rasho!

[danyel]

Favorite play of the game: Manu's left sided blind steal from Yao. Yao had no clue what the hell just happened.

My favourite was when TMac tried to post Manu up, and Manu stole it and went all the way to get fouled on the layup attempt.

[1Parker1]

Hey Sequ, did you win a Tony Parker bobblehead?

[mookie2001]

yeah wilks playing was a bonehead move
barry has a larcenous heart

[CHAMPS AGAIN]

Parker benched in favor of Wilks to start the 4th.

He was benched for BENO,WILKS did a very good job to start the comeback

[Samurai Jane]

That was the best game that I've ever been to... I lost my voice screaming in the 4th quarter... of course it didn't hurt that my hubby won some dough in the beach ball drop.. :lol

[Kori Ellis]

it didn't hurt that my hubby won some dough in the beach ball drop

Jenn -- He was awesome at it. Most people don't even try and laid out to get them. How much did he win $350?

[Samurai Jane]

$375.. He was funny... I sure wasn't expecting him to go diving after the balls and everything... :lol I thought he was the best one I've seen do it, but then again, I'm a bit biased... :makeout

[Solid D]

Jenn -- He was awesome at it. Most people don't even try and laid out to get them. How much did he win $350?

Maybe all that effort inspired the Spurs to leave it all on the floor today with their effort! :)

[T Park]

I know when I won the whataburger what a shot.

Stephen Jackson and the Spurs wailed the Lakers that night.

Your welcome Spurs :cool

[Kori Ellis]

I thought he was the best one I've seen

I think so too. I would have never expected that out of him by his personality. That was great!

[SequSpur]

Nope, didn't win one.

Pisses me off.

[Solid D]

Nope, didn't win one.


Way to Rasho-up.

[Kori Ellis]

Just FYI, people say they never hear Rasho talk, click on the postgame Video link on spurs.com. He's in there.

[boutons]

With the game iced, the Spurs eased up the defense in the last minute, allowing a couple of easy buckets. Without them, the Rockets would have gotten by 64 or 66 pts overall, and only 8 or 10 pts in the 4th qtr.

Absolutely punishing defense.

As always, Spurs team defense was the difference maker, and it will have to be like that, esp until Tim and Devin are back. Excecllent "practice" for the playoffs.

The Spurs shots weren't falling for 2 qtrs, but the Spurs kept their cool, and their defense held until the shots started falling.

Spurs shot only 36% vs 43%, so how did they win?

FTs +7 (88%!)

RBs +5

STL +10 (0 for Rockets!)

TOs -8

ASTs +7

[Samurai Jane]

I think so too. I would have never expected that out of him by his personality. That was great!
He's actually pretty competitive, when he goes for something, he gives his all... besides that, his brother went to the game with us so that might have been extra motivation. :spin

[smeagol]

Manu's the fucking man. His contract is a total steal for the Spurs.
You got that straight!

[bigbendbruisebrother]

I got to go to the game yesterday, although my seat had a drop down oxygen mask. Still, the seats were good enough to realize that Manu is the heart and soul of the team right now. That driving jam was unreal as was the clutch steal.

Also, props to Pop for outcoaching Van Gundy. When the chips were down in the third, Pop stuck with the bench while Houston peaked. When the fourth rolled around. Our guys were fresh, and Houston looked drained (of course, they also looked very very small from my vantage point).

Good game by Rasho as well.

[Que Gee]

Wow - Marks 16 mins, Mohammed only 12.

Did Marks have a good game ? his stats were average, 4 rebs, 2 pts, 1 block.

Marks gets minutes because he knows the offense. I wouldn't be surprised if Mass is left off the playoff roster because he flat out doesn't know the offense, and Pop is tired of it.

[bigzak25]

Marks gets minutes because he knows the offense. I wouldn't be surprised if Mass is left off the playoff roster because he flat out doesn't know the offense, and Pop is tired of it.


man, that's dissappointing to hear about tmass... :(